The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1870.06. Argus pheasant. CUL-DAR84.2.224. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).

"Wood, Thomas W., 1839-1910. Zoological illustrator. Introduced to CD by Wallace. W had prepared illustrations for Wallace's Malay archipelago. 1870 W drew figures 9, 10 and 14, of cats and a snarling dog for Expression and 2d edn of Descent. 1870 CD to Abraham Dee Bartlett, CD knew W personally in London and asks Bartlett to give him facilities at Zoological Gardens." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021)

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June 1870

Argus Pheasant - 10 ornamented primaries - better say all the primaries

There are 3 secondaries with the elliptic ornaments. *Mr Wood states that the shading on the ball & socket ornaments is placed differently on those nearest the bodies which stand vertical & the outside secondaries which stand nearly horizontal. I do not wish

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to dispute this statement, but after comparing 2 feathers from the above position given to me by Mr Gould, & the specimen in the Brit Mus., the difference cd not be perceived by me & others who have looked at the specimens. I may however add that on a few of the basal ball & socket ornaments on the outermost feathers the shading did appear slightly difft. N.B. on the outermost secondaries the external ring is broken at the summit.

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